Ata’xapati soon sighted the oncoming bike troopers. Uttering a stacatto command, the phalanaxes of Saurus immediately hunkered down into position, forming and impenetrable block of reptilian flesh. Skinks and Kroxigors formed up, facing the bikes. Finally, the circular device carried on the back of one of the Stegadons- an unimaginably ancient artefact known to them as the Engine of the Gods- began to glow with arcane power. The bike troopers would notice that the air around them suddenly became heavier with energy.
The Riotroopers stop their bikes, dismount and spray the phalanx with white-hot lead and grenades, all while moving to cover.
"Kill the one with the staff first! He's their sorcerer!"
Shameless Self-promotion ho!Several Saurus dropped like loads of bricks as the bullets found their mark, but the sevatns of the Old Ones were not to be stopped with such crude assemblages of metal and lead. With a contemptuous wave of Ata’xapati's hands and an uttered word of power, the Engine of the Gods flared bright white, before loosing a burst of ennergy similar to that of a flashbang grenade. When the noise and light cleared from their eyes, the troopers would see thatt a crackling orb of unreality had formed afround the Stegadon and most of the other unitssurrounding it, dramatically lessening the rate of bullets getting through. Now, a second Stegadon unleashed a massive bolt at the bikers.
edited 6th Feb '11 6:02:40 PM by Locoman
The explosive bolt causes a few Riotroopers to be sent flying and receive some injures, but since Riotroopers are no mere humans, They shrug the injuries off and decide to charge in with their Axel ray guns as the warped space lessens the effectiveness of their heavy weapons.
The other group pelt the Stegadon with more lead and grenades, hoping to keep it distracted while their teammates try and engage in melee combat.
Shameless Self-promotion ho!Meanwhile in the forest, two black hooded humans walked among the trees, their visages (and blonde hair) cloaked in mystery as they bickered softly to one another under their breath. They had met only hours before at a tavern, and had become fast friends, but made a quick, hasty (and hopefully silent) escape when the building was overturned by a troop of white armored soldiers. Now, they came upon a clearing, spotting a fort in the distance.
"Thanks for bailing me out back there...Cassandra, was it?" the girl on the left wheezed a little, tired from a long journey on foot.
"Yes, that's right. You weren't so bad yourself. I'm just glad you were able to keep up.
"So," the first continued, "Who were those guys?"
"As I've been trying to tell you, I'm not from around here either. I was minding my own business, doing some training and...poof.."
"Well, we should probably find someone who DOES know." She pointed down the clearing. See that fort there? Maybe they can help."
"That could also be a fort for those guys in whit-HEY WAIT!"
She took off, her hood bouncing up and down on her shadowed face, in pursuit of the other girl, as the first had already taken off to the outer wall of the fort.
Both stopped outside the gates.
"How do we get in?"
"We don't just want to break in, they'll see us as hostile. We just need to get their attention."
The second girl was puzzled as she looked up and the down the thick walls of the base.
The first smirked. "Plug your ears."
The second obeyed, and the first girl let out an earsplitting shrill. The loudest sound she'd ever heard, powerful, yet one of deafening pain.
"Yeah...pretty sure they heard that."
edited 7th Feb '11 7:06:07 PM by StoryofEverest
You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?"Och, what's all the ruckus about?" An elderly dwarf stuck his head over the battlements and stared down at the two cloaked figures, trying to discern which one screamed. "We've got injured people in this fort misters or missus!" The dwarf pronounced with what sounded like a Russian accent, though it came from a world with no Russia.
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected."!!!"
Tachibana uncharismatically falls over the chair he was resting on for the past few hours after hearing the shriek.
"Was that a fucking banshee?!"
Shameless Self-promotion ho!The shield gre wever brighter, crackling arcs of lightning flickering across its surface, as some of the projectiles were stopped. Several did manage to penetrate the shield by chance, killing several Skinks and leaving a long, gaping wound in one of the Stegadon. In return, the six Kroxigor pelted towards the Riotroopers, swinging massive cudgels and halberds that could easily break the spine of a Chaos Warrior.
One of the businessman made an excuse and walked out of the conference room. Once outside, he pulled out a phone, flipping it open.
"This is Chairman Basili. Get that creature out of our Arteria, now. There will only be more damage no matter what, and the longer it makes a mockery of our troops the worse we look. Do it."
The Operator nodded. '''"Right then. You heard the man, Reiterpallasch. Weapons free."
"All Normals engaging hostile UNK, weapons free, limit collateral but get rid of the rat."
"Orders changed. Weapons free, lads and lasses. Give 'em hell."
Reiterpallasch glared at the tiny figure of Puppetmon. "Well, well, well. You're a fast one." She stepped back, the short, camera-lens barreled gun flipping up and over her shoulder, aligning with the figure. "Have fun."
The pulse turret opened fire, a stream of short blue pulse lasers streaming out at several shots a second. When they struck the ground there was an explosion easily larger than a truck, blowing craters in the street and, presumably, Puppetmon.
The two Normals raised their laser rifles and opened fire as well, their weapons firing far slower, but the red shots were larger.
The two MT groups were approaching, not yet firing. The two missile launchers were up and ready, however.
Natsume utters out a yell of excitement and pleasure.
The Riotroopers duel the Lizardmen elites, they had some injuries in the ensuing melee, but were doing very good considering that Riotrooper armor not only enhances physical abilities and gives high protection, it's also very light, allowing the wielders to dodge the blows with more ease than a heavily armored chaos champion.
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Shameless Self-promotion ho!"Is time to bash some skulls! Come on ya sons of a mammoth, crack some noggins!" Galvados the Blood Orc roared as the the orcs charged into battle, hefting battle axes, pole arms, war hammers, and clubs. "Orcs crush all!" Galvados' army smashed into the Lizardmen rank and engaged in close combat using berserker strength and ferocity.
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.The Riotroopers providing cover fire see the Orcs attack the Lizardmen.
"Wait why are the Orcs- Of course, They're from Warhammer."
The Riotroopers lessen their fire, not wanting to make enemies of the Orcs by killing one accidentally.
edited 7th Feb '11 6:16:49 PM by Strigon
Shameless Self-promotion ho!Leaving the droids at the gate, Vin used a coin to Push off over the wall. She sped through the castle, looking for Elend. It was him that found her, however, burning bronze so he could sense her.
"Vin," Called Elend, catching up with her "We're in trouble. Something called the 'Grox' declared an invasion this morning. I checked around and anyone that wasn't in the barracks or the palace is gone, koloss included. If these Grox are as competent as they proclaim, we don't have the forces to fight them off."
Vin thought about this for a moment, digesting the information, before she spoke up "I might have found us some allies. They're a little odd, but perhaps they can help us."
"Excellent, send them in."
Ham opened the gate for the droids and led them in to a room that had a table and some chairs set up. Elend was sitting at the head of the table, with Vin standing behind him.
"Take a seat." Said Elend. Vin had told of him about the droids appearance, but it was still fairly odd to see men made out of metal. "I assume you've heard about the invasion?"
Isn't realist just a word a cynic calls himself?The first raised her head up the tall wall at the diminutive elderly figure, more than slightly amused at his thick accent.
"Excuse me, sir. My companion and I are looking for a place to rest. We traveled out to this forest from one of the taverns and sadly, I think we're rather lost. We'd repay you for your hospitality anyway we can. Don't worry, we're unar-
She looked down at the second's hip remembering the outline of her large blade from inside the black cloak.
"Throw down your sword." she whispered aside.
"Do WHAT now?"
"Throw down your sword so the nice little person doesn't think we're a threat. They might have a whole army in there!
"Of little old men? What are they going to do? Reminisce us to death?"
The first quickly rolled her eyes and reached betwixt the second's cloak, producing a long shining blade with an ancient hilt. She tossed it to the ground with a clink and a thud in front of the gate. The second just glared at her.
"So as you can see...we're completely unarmed."
You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?"Och, ye can come in. You don't seem like bad humans." The elderly dwarf said, his mouth hidden in his beard. "Mind you, be quiet, there are people that are healing from a recent fight." The dwarf tapped a code onto a brick that alerted the gatekeepers to open the door to the two women. The gates rolled up, the passage now clear to them.
edited 8th Feb '11 11:57:56 AM by GreyStar
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.One of the Stegadons reared up onto two legs and crashed back down with a thundruous bellow, reducing several Blood Orcs to nothing more than a green-tinted pile of slush. Meanwhile, the Saurus wheeled resolutely and barrelled down onto the Blood Orcs, even as the Kroxigor continued to swing their tree-sized weapons into the Riotroopers, supported by a hail of poisoned javelins.
Elend nodded. "Then perhaps it is good that we met. I have a force of about 400 normal soldiers, each equipped with a sword, shield, and armor. In addition to that We have several dozen squads of coinshots, lurchers, pewterarms, and some very good tineye scouts." He paused for a minute, realizing that the droid would have no idea what he was talking about. "I guess I should explain to you about allomancy, shouldn't I?"
Isn't realist just a word a cynic calls himself?One unlucky Riotrooper is pincushoned by javelins and bisected by the Lizardman elites, but the Orphnochs respond in kind by shooting one to death with photon bolts, Those who had fought Chaos before would see the injuries inflicted by the ray guns quite similar to doombolt strikes.
edited 8th Feb '11 4:32:55 PM by Strigon
Shameless Self-promotion ho!The Droids pulled the two fallen in the hummer commenting to the others, "They're ok, the second one is safe." The Riotroopers attack from the side of the imperial fort surprised the droids. "What was that?" "I don't know." "We should check it out." The driver put the hummer in gear and pulled around to see the troopers. "Who the hell are you!" one of the droids from the back seat shouted at the Riotroopers.
edited 9th Feb '11 7:23:40 PM by Philosopher
It comes. The corrupter comes. Don't let it touch the tower lest all reality crumble.The Riotrooper commander politely replies with soft-spoken words and kind language.
"Stop?! You goddamn shits shot at us first!"
He fires on the droids with his axel ray gun.
Shameless Self-promotion ho!

After a few minutes of relative peace, a large 20 man squad of Riotroopers riding their gyro attackers
◊ close in on the Imperial fort, with half of the bikes armed with a pair of missile launchers bolted on the sides.
"Target locked! Firing!"
The bikes launch a volley of armor-piercing missiles at the wall.
Another team of bike mounted Riotroopers are heading towards the same forest where the Lizard men are, all of them are armed with MG3 GPMGs
with 75-round drum magazines and HK69 grenade launchers
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edited 6th Feb '11 5:22:24 PM by Strigon
Shameless Self-promotion ho!